NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD

Registered charity 1069802 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NAPAC · also registered in Scotland as SC049296 (OSCR)

Maintenance and expansion of a national telephone support line for adult survivors of childhood abuse.Providing support, training and information to individuals and organisations supporting those who have similarly suffered.Raising public awareness of the continuing impact of childhood abuse in adulthood.Advocating to alleviate the impact of child abuse in adulthood.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD AND TO THOSE AFFECTED BY ABUSE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE RELEVANT PROFESSIONS WITH REGARD TO CHILD ABUSE (INCLUDING THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM ANY FORM OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT IN CHILDHOOD); AND (B0 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO ANY ORGANISATION SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD INCLUDING COUNSELLORS, FACILITATORS AND OTHER PROFESSIONS REQUIRING SUCH SUPPORT, TRAINING, INFORMATION OR RESOURCES WHEN PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN RELATION TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £356,024, reducing total funds from £919,791 to £563,767, driven by a planned deficit as legacy income normalized. The trustees confirm the organization remains a going concern, with free reserves of £223,122 currently below the stated policy target of up to six months of operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03565696

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — National Association for People Abused in Childhood (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• PLOWRIGHT, Stephanie — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• WONG, Cheuk Lon — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• GROSE, Luke — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• KLOSS, Victoria Clare — director, appointed 12/12/2023on trustee list
• CATON, Charlotte Lucy, Dr — director, appointed 14/09/2023on trustee list
• MILLAR, Alison — director, appointed 09/06/2021on trustee list
• NAIK, Suraj Bharat — director, appointed 09/06/2021on trustee list
• GALE, Philippa Jane — director, appointed 15/02/2017on trustee list
• SPENCER, Shaun Anthony — director, appointed 03/12/2014on trustee list
• BARCLAY, Thomas — secretary, appointed 15/02/2017

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Millar
• Cheuk Lon Wong
• Dr Charlotte Caton
• Luke Grose
• Philippa Gale
• Shaun Anthony Spencer
• Stephanie Plowright
• Suraj Naik
• Victoria Kloss

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

• THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN income £120.3m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE income £1.7m
• Relationship Therapy North income £376k
• AURORA FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD income £116k
• RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT CENTRE (NORTH WALES) income £1.3m
• THE NATIONAL APPROPRIATE ADULT NETWORK LIMITED income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.